Bob Dorough: Back to School House Rock at Iridium - New York City Article

Bob Dorough, “Back to School House Rock”
Iridium
1650 Broadway, (212) 582-2121
Sunday, September 17

As a performer, he has released roughly 30 albums over the last 60 years, including five in this decade alone (among them Live at the Deer Head Inn, Eulalia, and But For Now, not to mention a memorable guest appearance with Royal Bopsters). And, most famously, he ranks as one of the very, very few vocalists invited by the legendary Miles Davis to join him for a legendary recording date, Yet also, to bald-headed gen-X-ers who grew up watching Saturday morning TV in the 1970s, he is the one who taught us all how to multiply and spell, via the remarkably hip lessons contained in his ingenious songs for Schoolhouse Rock. (Which was deliberately misnamed: ABC TV somehow figured that fewer kids would tune in if they titled it with the more accurate name of “Schoolhouse Bebop.”) It’s the latter identity that Mr. Dorough and his Trio will celebrate this Sunday at Iridium; with shows at 5:30 and 7:30, the club is obviously mindful that this is a school night. With Steve Berger, guitar & vocals, and Paul Rostock, bass. PS: It’s no small sign of Mr. Dorough’s continuing relevance that two of his songs, “Devil May Care” and “Nothing Like You” are sung by perhaps the greatest singer of her generation, Cécile McLorin Salvant, on her new album, Dreams and Daggers.

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